Publisher's Synopsis
Oliver Sacks evokes in this passionate book of memories his childhood in England. During the Second World War he is sent to a boarding school that turns out to be a Dickensian hell of hunger and dearth. When he returns to London, Oliver finds his personal salvation in the absorbing world of science, with which he tries to bring back order and meaning into his life. His Uncle Dave (Uncle Tungsten), owner of a light bulb factory, helps him to construct a peculiar intellectual paradise.
